Railway-crossing gate



.- June 24, 1930. J, WILMQTH ET AL 1,768,388

' RAILWAY CROSSING GATE Filed May 9, 1929 p 3 Sheets-Sheet l atto'wmo June 24, 1930. 1 J, w T ET AL I 1,768,388

RAILWAY CROSSING GATE Filed May 9', 1929 s Sheets-Shee t 2 I SIF June 24,1930. J, WILMOTH ET AL 7 1,768,388

RAILWAY CROSSING GATE Filed May 9, 1929 a Sheets-Sheet a 09-Mo a I attomwgr e e w v j Blatanti flroiiiv swarms Aim sooner Mo se mlvsorlit 1 aphasia; filed my 9, lees. serial n). scissor Q l The presentinvention is directed to ,i1nerly located for-successive operation asa provements-in railwaycrossing gates. train approaches and leaves th'e'crossing. v The primary object of "theinvention is to 1 The beam 4 has mountedthereon brackets provide a device "of thischaracter so con- .5 having bearingso for rotatably supporting 5 structed that the gate bars will he autoniatithe shaft 7 and to which is fixed trip plate I cally lowered upon the approach of a train 8, said plate being partially twisted inter-- and elevated upon passing ofthe train over mediate its ends, as at 9, to. provide angu th ro ing larly disposed webs 10 and" 11... loonelend Another object of the invention isto profofthe shaft 7is fixed a collar 12 having an,

v10 videafidevice of this character which is, exarm 13 to. which *is pivotallyconnected'the 20 invention resides in the novel features of; a side-walk.

ceedingly simple in construction, positive in jointed link 14, said link being pivotally con- 7 operation, and onewhich c'an-beinstalled at nec'ted, as at 15, to a bar'16, said bar being y a minimumcost. f I adjustably connected to the bell crank lever J Another object of the inventionis to pro- 17 .pivotally connected toithe base plate 181 f 15 vide a deviceof this character wherein novel f the gate bar support 19' by'a pin 20.- The. forms of trip plates are employed for sucsupport 19 ha pivotally mounted thereon a. cessive operation for lowering, and raising m in gate bar 21 and an auxiliary gat r the gate bars. 1 I 22, the formerbeing adapted to act as a bar- With'th'ese and other objects .in view, this llerot am r ssing While the latter closes e construction, formation, combination' and The bars-21 and 22 have toothed segments. I arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more "23 and 2 l, respectively, carriedby their 2 fully described, claimed and illustrated in lower ends. Pivotally supportedby umsu the accompanying drawings, in which: port 19 is a lever 25. having a rack segment 25 Figure 1 is a planyiew of a section of upon its upperend which me h withth track showing the device in place thereon. ..seg1nent 2 1, the lower end'ofgsaid lever-be-- 30 levers.

Figure 2 is aside view thereof. 7 V ing pivotally connected to a series of links Figure 3 is a perspective view of one ofv '27 which are connected to the bell crank lethe trip. plates and connecting links and 6 Vi0 1 y-,n1von' rocking of the le- I 'ver 2.5, the bars 21 and 22 will be raised or v Figure 43 is a sectional view on the line lowered. V 2 44C ofFigure 8. v .The beam 3 has mounted thereonbrackets Figure 5' is a sectional View on thev line 28 having bearings 29 for'rotatably supporttie-'5 of Figure 1. ingthe shaft30, said shaft having fixed 35 Figure 6 is aside view of the roller 'suphere o a trip plate 31,.said plate, like the porting hanger showing the same connected, p1 e'8, beingp t lly twisted i t r te F 2 With a part of a car or locomotive. its ends Provide anguhfly .dlspoised Webs Figure 7 is a rear view of the hanger. 32 and 83; I .To one end of the shaft 30 is Figure 8 is a sectional'view on the line fiXed acollar 341: having an arm 35 pivotally .40 f i r 1 I connected to the bell crank lever 86,.which is Figure 9 is a fragmentary View of a modipiv tally supported upon the plate'37.

fl d f f.t -i 1 I A'connector 88 is pivoted to, the lever-.86 Figure 10 is a sectional view on the line antlhas one'end of a Cable 38 adjustably con- 10-10 of Figure9. nected thereto, the other end of said cable Referring to the drawings, 1 designates being connected to a similar connector 39 v the rails of a section of track and upon the pivotally connected to'the series'of links 27. ties v2 are supported beams 3 and 4:. These In Figure 9 of the Qdrawings,[the trip plate beams are spaceda predetermined distance 40 is formed froinsections 4.-1connected'by 50 so that the gate tripping plates will be prop- Vla p joints42, this construction being for the I i with a hanger 43 carrying a roller 14:. hanger is provided with .a strap 4L5 arranged to swing the gate bars upwardly.

purpose of adapting tlieplate to curved rails.

In order to actuate the trip plates successively, the locomotive or'car is equipppd ie to permitthelianger to freely swing over the plates without pressure when the train is backing but prevents swinging thereof as the train approaches the crossing in order that the trip plateswill be successively actuated;

Asshown in Figures 1 and 2, the plate 31 is in position to permit the roller to gradually press upon the web 32 and as the roller travels forward it rides upon the web 33, thus causing the plate to turn and, since the shaft 30 turns, the cable 38 wlllbe pulled to 'actuate thelever 25 to swin 'the gate bars 21 and 22 downwardly to serve as a barrier, and as this occurs, the web 11 of the plate 8 s elevated. As the train approaches the plate 8 theroller engages the web 10, and upon further movement of the roller, the plate is rotated, and as the roller passes from the 'web 11 the shaft 7 will be actuated, thus actuating the bell crank 17 and the lever 25 As the bars swing upwardly, the cable will be pulled to again elevate the web 33 of the plate 31,

at which time the web 32 will be lowered,

thus resettingthe device for the next train.

. What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a railway gate bar, of a'pair of trip plates mounted adjacent the track, said plates comprising angu larly' disposed webs, shafts fixed to the webs,

connections between the shafts and gate bar for raising and lowering the same when the webs are successively actuated, and means carried by a tram passing over the track for actuating said webs.

2. The combination with a railway gate,

of a pair of trip plates mounted adjacent the track, said plates. comprising angularly dis-,

and gate, a cable connecting said connection and end of the other shaft, and means carried by a train passing over the track for successively encountering the webs for rocking the same to actuate the cable to raise and lower-the gate.

4; The combination with a railway gate,

of apair of trip plates mounted adjacent the p track and including angularly disposed webs, shafts fixed to the webs, means carried by the train passing over the track to engage the webs to successively rotate the same to raise and lower the gate, and means connecting the shafts of the respective plates successively changing the angular relationship of the webs.

5. The combination with a'railway gate, of a pair of trip plates mounted adjacent the track and including angularly disposed webs, connections between each plate and gate, and means carried by the train passing over the track for engaging the webs to suecessively rotate the same to operate the connections to lower thegate when said means encounters one of the plates and to raise the gate when encountering the other plate.

6. The combination with a railway-gate,

of trip plates mounted adjacent the track, I

said plates comprising angularly' disposed webs, shafts fixed to the plates, a bell crank lever pivotally connected with the shaft of each plate, operating means between one bell crank and gate, a cable connecting the bell cranks, and means carried by a train passing over the track for successively engaging the webs to successively operate the bell crank levers to first lower the gate and then raise the same. 7

In testimony whereof we alliX our signatures.

JOHN J. WVILMOTH. [L. s.] AUGUST MODS. [n s] 

